Recipe Sifter

Lemon chiffon cake with bright lemon juice, fresh zest, and a cloud-light crumb leavened by stiff-beaten egg whites. The vintage springtime cake that's still impossible to beat.

Banana Coconut Bread with rum-soaked currants, warm cinnamon and fresh nutmeg, and sweetened coconut baked into the loaf and crisped on top. A deeply flavored tropical quick bread.

Homemade beef and pork sausage seasoned with sage, cumin, aniseed, and red pepper flakes. Stuff into casings for links or shape into patties for grilling.

Fluffy layered cake covered with whipped cream. Easy to make using store bought angel food cake and instant pudding mix.

European sour cream apple pie with a tender cream cheese pastry, maple-sweetened green apples arranged in a spiral, and a tangy sour cream maple topping dusted with nutmeg. Single-crust open-face pie.

Oreo cookie tube cake bakes 25 quartered Oreos right into a vanilla bundt batter, then gets drenched in glossy chocolate glaze. A nostalgic crowd-pleaser for birthdays and bake sales.

No-bake apple cheesecake sets gelatin-stabilized cream cheese, presses a graham crumb base on top, then flips for an inverted cheesecake crowned with apples, walnuts and caramel.

A moist English gooseberry cake scented with elderflower and dark muscovado sugar, served warm as a pudding with cream. A traditional Wiltshire bake for Whitsun celebrations.

Passover cheesecake with a chocolate macaroon crust, creamy lemon-brightened filling studded with Brazil nuts, and a vanilla sour cream glaze. Flourless and fully kosher for the holiday table.

Spanish meatball soup (albondegas) with beef stock, tomato sauce, potatoes, carrots, and celery: hearty broth with tender meatballs and chunked vegetables, garnished with green onions.

Raw broccoli and cauliflower salad tossed in a sweet vinegar-mayonnaise dressing with onion rings, topped with crumbled bacon. No cooking, make-ahead friendly.

Bread machine mini doughnut balls fried golden and topped with melted chocolate, chopped almonds, powdered sugar, or cinnamon. Party-sized yeast doughnuts without the hard work.

Gefilte fish the old-fashioned way: poached pike and white fish dumplings simmered in an onion-carrot fish stock, chilled and served with horseradish. A traditional Passover and Shabbat classic.

White chocolate mousse cake layered between sheets of genoise with candied citrus peel, pine nuts and shaved white chocolate curls. An elegant layered dessert with bright grapefruit, orange and lemon zest running through every bite.

Homemade soy burgers with cooked soybeans, brown rice, ground sesame seeds, and whole wheat flour. A hearty plant-based patty you can griddle, bake, or freeze.

Pumpkin Vermont spice cake with four warm spices, split into four layers and frosted with maple-flavored cream cheese frosting. A stunning fall celebration cake topped with pecans.